LAS VEGAS – Josh Clopton’s second chance sadly didn’t produce any better result than his first one.

After Dustin Neace ousted him in the elimination round of “The Ultimate Fighter 14″ and spoiled the possibility of him becoming a cast member, Clopton got second life as an injury replacement for Akira Corassani on the undercard of the show’s live finale.

But against Team Miller featherweight Steven Siler at The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, he again suffered a decision loss to dash his UFC dreams.

The fight was part of the night’s preliminary card, which streamed live
on Facebook prior to the Spike TV-televised main card. The event took
place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Clopton was the only elimination-round loser to get a spot on the event’s undercard, but Siler’s height and reach proved a factor.

The fight was competitive, and both fighters left the cage battered and bloodied. But Silver did especially effective work with a muay Thai clinch that left Clopton constantly eating knees to the body and face. Clopton often unloaded looping punches, but few connected until the final round, when he found his mark and mixed in a takedown. Although he ate some punches in the process, it was enough to win the round, though the fight belonged to Siler.

The judges ultimately scored the bout 29-28 across the board for Siler.

“That was a hard hard fight for sure,” he said. “He took a beating. I thought he’d go down, but he kept coming. I started off slow. I was a little bothered by tha,t but once I got it going, I got into a groove, and I think I finished off really well.”

Siler (19-9 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who was knocked out by Diego Brandao in the reality show’s quarterfinals, is now 5-1 over his past six fights. Clopton (6-1-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffers his first career loss.

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